PURPOSE:In a controlling apparatus of a steam turbine which consists of speed regulation controlling system and fore-pressure controlling system, unstable movement of a steam reducing valve is removed by allowing only the fore-pressure controlling system to operate in normal operation.

A step-in side-clamp safety ski release system includes an over-center mechanism having a lever member pivotally coupled intermediate its ends to a connecting member. When the lever member is pivoted in a first direction, it slidably engages a housing for moving the lever member and connecting member against a spring force for opening a pair of side-clamping members. Pivoting of the lever member i...

3-Amidino-benzisothiazole-1,1-dioxides of the formula wherein R1 and R2 are each C1-C5-alkyl or C2-C5-alkenyl, R3 is hydrogen or methyl, or R1 and R2 together form a C3-C6-alkylene chain which can be interrupted by O, S or NH, or R1 and R3 together are -CH2-CH2-CH2-, and X1 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C5-alkyl, halo-C1-C5-alkyl or C1-C5-alkoxy. A process for producing these 3-amidino-benzis...

A process for producing a slippery biaxially stretched polyester film, which comprises coating one or both surfaces, preferably one surface, of a running polyester film, before the completion of its crystalline orientation, with an aqueous solution or dispersion containing (A) a metal salt having the composition of the following formula (I) wherein Me represents a metal ion having a ...

The flowability of foamable compositions comprising a hydroxyl-containing polyorganosiloxane, a polyorganosiloxane containing silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms, a platinum catalyst and a catalyst inhibitor is eliminated by including in the composition a solid filler exhibiting a mean particle size of one micron or less and either (1) organosilicon compound containing at least 0.5% by weight of carboxy...

An adhesive composition for binding a resinous, essentially non-elastomeric monovinyl aromatic-conjugated diene copolymer to itself, consisting essentially of (a) from about 10-90 weight percent of at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of perchloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethane, and 1,1,1-trichloroethane and (b) from about 90-10 weight percent of a copolymer consisting of a vinyl a...

In a compressed gas insulated high voltage switching installation, in particular, one with single phase metallic encapsulation, including bus bar systems and switchgear sections, with branches which are firmly anchored in space and in which compensators with tie rods are arranged in line with the bus bar systems, the longitudinal expansion of the housings of the bus bar systems is taken up practic...

PURPOSE:To obtain Nb3Sn compositely worked material having improved high magnetic field property by working Nb alloy incorporated with Si and alloy of Cu- Sn etc. in a predetermined shape and heat treatment. CONSTITUTION:The composite of Nb alloy containing 0.1-3 atomic % of Si and copper alloy containing 2-9 atomic % of tin, or copper alloy containing 0.1-15% of this tin and Ga or 0.1-18% of Al i...

The invention relates to a method for purifying aqueous solutions containing at least one impurity element from the group consisting of arsenic, phosphorus, mercury and other heavy metals and solid matter by precipitation in at least two stages with the aid of precipitation reagents possessing ions capable of forming not-readily dissolved hydroxide precipitate. In accordance with the invention the...

For manufacturing a composite material, organic fibrous material like paper, straw, hay, grasses, moss, leaves, reed is mixed with alkali silicate and a fluosilicate as well as with a metllic oxide or a basic metallic silicate forming a higher melting silicate and submitted to a treatment under pressure and temperature. This produces a composite material having high mechanical strength and fire-pr...

The present invention concerns the use of polyester materials in arc quenching applications, particularly in the cutout fuse tube industry. In one embodiment of the present invention a fuse tube is disclosed as comprising a laminate two-layered structure including as its inner layer, (or liner), a polyester filament winding supported in a cured cyclo-aliphatic epoxy resin matrix. The outer layer i...

ABRASION RESISTANT SILICONE COATED THERMOPLASTIC ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING A method is provided for making abrasion resistant, non-opaque thermoplastic articles, for example, silicone-coated polycarbonate sheet useful as glazing material. A mixture of a certain UV absorber, for example a cyanoacrylate, and light stabilizer, such as a piperidine derivative, has been found to impart improved wea...

A medical timing system has a programmed computer controlled display and audible buzzer, with inputs from a timing switch and a readout button which are connected together so that pregnancy labor pains may be timed, contraction patterns may be rehearsed by an expectant mother, and fetus movements may be counted. The medical timing system is preferably hand-held and compact so that the timing switc...

A container is disclosed for storing refrigerated liquids, in particular for liquefied gases, which comprises a steel reinforced concrete outer container and a steel inner container inserted into the outer container, where the steel inner container rests on an insulation and where an annular interspace is present between the outer circumference of the inner steel container and the inner circumfere...

The affinity for water of acid-washed barium or strontium glass powder is reduced by a heat treatment.

A systolic array system of inner product step processors is provided in the form of a mesh connected network which rhythmically compute and pass data through the system. Each processor in the system regularly feeds data in and out, each time performing some computation, so that a regular flow of data is kept up in the network. Many basic matrix computations can be readily and efficiently pipelined...

A b s t r a c t A system for registrating an article passing a predetermined area, and comprising a transmitter and a receiver with a common aerial alternately transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals. A marker is attached to each article and receives said signals and transmits in turn other signals at passage of the area. The common transmitting and receiving aerial is formed as a multi...

An improved process for orthopedic implantation of a prosthesis where the prosthesis has a polymer coating on substantially the entire surface of same that is to be affixed to the bone by bone cement, the polymer coating being substantially completely polymerized and exhibiting a virtually pore free outer surface. After preparation of the bone cavity, a bone cement, preferably a self-curing acryli...